Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Group

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem, autoimmune disorder. It is a disabling and painful condition which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction. The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and...

DS goal o meter

Being sick and homebound has taken its toll on this old brain of mine. Maybe I am giving myself too much credit for having a brain in the first place!lol Anyway,makes me want to get a good thread going. How has 2008 started out for each of you? Did you set any goals and if so are you still on the right track with week 2 of the New Year upon us? How do you feel about the goal thing DS has added to this site and more importantly has that goal o meter made you feel anymore inspired or commited to accomplishing the goals you may have set?

Sorry to hear you have been sick &amp; homebound. I can relate. My chemo was up'd last week leaving me really sick &amp; tired plus my RA is in a full flare. When it rains it pours. Oh it did pour here Sunday, Monday, &amp; Tuesday finally saw some sun today. My New Years goal was to spend more time reading my Bible &amp; quite time with God &amp; I can say I have been doing very well with that &amp; my pastors wife has arranged a small Bible study to meet at my home starting the end of the month. I am very much looking forward to it. It is a a Beth Moore study that makes you look back on all of your life &amp; where you feel God was in each time. Since I know I don't have much time left I think it's important I try to remember as much as my past good &amp; bad. Well now I feel like I am rambling guess it's being so cooped up. Good luck all keeping those goals.
Deb

Guess this thread is a dud...sorry! I really dislike this goal o meter thing on DS. It makes you openly write down a goal and if you fail everyone can see it. We all are dealing with so much in our lives why add one more pressure? I learned a long time ago goals are personal. Sometimes we need to get support from friends,then we need to ask, but goals are achieved by our own sheer will and determination. Rather than a goal o meter I would like to see us put our achievemnets down once they are attained. But that is just me.

I don't make goals for myself either. I have too much on my plate to start worrying about another thing. The DS one is too public, I would rather just talk aobut my day ,that is public enough for me!! Oh no I am not inspired either!! switz

I am trying to buy into the goal o meter thing by putting my goal to become healthy. I don't have any concrete goals that have absolute steps to help me get there. It's really a generalization but I am willing to give it a try. Constantly seeing that I hadn't selected a goal kind of egged me on to put something there.. we will see how that goes. I am also not one to publicly proclaim my goals and desires, I would rather go with the flow.

Years ago when I decided to quit smoking I didn't tell anyone. I put my pack of cigarrettes and lighter in the back of my top drawer and just stopped smoking. Everytime I thought about smoking I said to myself, yes I can have a cigarrette its right there in the drawer, but no. I am one of those people who when I am told not to do something, I do it just to prove that I can't be told to do anything.

After about 3 months it came up and I said I quit. Everyone was surprised and said why didn't you tell us we would have been there for you cheering you on. I said no, you would have been there telling me what to do and making me feel guilty! So now it's been about 24 years since I quit. It's funny tho because I was up to about 3 packs a day and I still smoke........in my dreams! Yes it's hysterical I still find myself with a cigarette in my hand everyonce in a while in my dreams...

So I guess the short answer is that I don't like to commit to anything with a witness because I am contrary and don't like to be told what to do...silly I know. Hugs jilly

My goal is to lose weight...it's the same one I've had for years, but w/RA, the issue seems a bit more pressing - I know I'll feel better with some weight off. It's only been 2 weeks but I'm plugging away at it!

Good Evening all,I also have alot on my plate.And any new goal would just be more than I can handle. I have stop drinking and now trying so very hard to stop smoking.I have only 1 wk to stop the smoking before I meet with my doctor.She doesnt want me to smoke at all with having RA but mostly starting the injections/Humira. Its all too much at times.God Bless

Good Evening all,I also have alot on my plate.And any new goal would just be more than I can handle. I have stop drinking and now trying so very hard to stop smoking.I have only 1 wk to stop the smoking before I meet with my doctor.She doesnt want me to smoke at all with having RA but mostly starting the injections/Humira. Its all too much at times.God Bless

I don't really mind the goal-o-meter...but you might notice that mine hasn't moved. In truth, I have a great many goals, none of which can really be quantified with a cute little meter. But I do know that sometimes having something like the meter encourages accountability - I think that's the part we really take exception to. It's bad enough if I'm not reaching my goals, even worse when everyone knows about it.

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